Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1887-10-26
A DRUGClsT'S MISTAKE.
A Sick Mans Wife Disregasss the Druggists
Advice and So Saves the LIE pi
Her Husband,


out of my line to write letters; but my
wife thought it was no more than right
that I should let you know what your
remedy has done for ME, and think
so too.
live in East 157th street, west OF
Third avenue, and have lived there for
about twenty-three years. where I own
real estate. Up to the time am about
to mention had been !; strong, well
man. There was always more or less
malada in the neighborIi.,ll, but had
not personally suffered f-nn it. 1t was
in 1880 I alaa my first attack. 1t came
on as such attaeks commonly do, with
headaches, loss OF .sppe. 7" and ambi-
ton, chilly sensations wifi, slight fever
afterwards, a dispositiQr ,sY Eawn and
stretch, and so forth. / was employed
at that time at Killian q Brothers,
furniture manufacturers. n West SD
street. hoped the attack would wear
off. but as it didn't coasislted we'll
known and able phvs,ci in Morris
ania. who gave me q mime and told me
what to do. / Can stunt 'the first four
and half OF i've years e my expert
ence in few words. Occasionally /
was laid up for day. r swo, but on
the whole stuck to nay work. l kept
taking q,nnine. in larger doses from
year to year. and kept ON ;s.ttiRg weak
er and worse. slowly but Mrely. all the
time. My trol bic was ow well de-
fined and its sy1 ,ptoDs We esteady and
regular had duns' az, il, its worst
form, and it was grintiis,-r me down in
spite of all that T. c.,,lll ,ies CT the doc
tors could do. 1t heltl me Is u grip like
fire IN q burasfasg coni min The poison
had gone all thinugh and over me and
nothisag was able to tou it. | was
fast losing tlesa and strength. and about
March. 1884. ! no..ke'i o ,york entire
ly and went ho. e Il, bed ,sFi; sick, and
so die for all e aid tell ran down SO
rapidly that | soon became unable to
walk any dista,r-e. Later went from
toom to room j. my own house only by
friends lloidingn up by each arm. The
doses of quinine were inc 'eased until
often tool; thirty grains at dose. The
effects OF this ian,endolS stimulation
was to make me nearly wis. 1t broke
uy sleep all up. md I often walked the
fl cor, or staggered about It. all night
lo.Sg, scarcely at,le to bear any noises
OF even human speech. My temper
was extremely irritable. AS to food,
one of my little childrea would eat
more iis q meal than / eoeld in day
would I order food and th,s turn from
it in disgust. T lived on Jainine and
other stimltsaIts and on sagself, like a
bear in winter. The guiiine set my
head in whirl. and the iiquor-given
as medicine made my stomach so
sick I could not isTate It.
From 175 pounds (s.y proper weight)
1 ran down to 81 pouiadE weight
of light girl-and was scarcely better
than a skeleton.
If anybody had taken q hateAet and
knocked me do,ev md killed me slsould
hare been better of.
During the latter part OF this period,
early in 1886, my physician said:
"Miller, there's no use in my taking
any more money of you. 1 can do you
any good. might pour pounds of qui-
nine down your throat and it wouldn't
help YOU"
On the strength of this gave up the
use of quinine altogether, and made up
my mind to do nothing more and take
my chances.
Three weeks afterwards-about the
last of May-my wife saw IN advertise
ment of Kaskine i'll New York paper.
She told me of it. / said Stuff and
nonsense! it can't do me any good.''.
But she went to druggists $. neverthe-
less, to get it. The drug -ist advised
her against Kaskine: he s..id it was
nothing but sugar; that sli, ought not
to throw away her money on it, &c.
He said he didn't keep it. could get
it if she insisted ON havin~ it. Turn
ing away in disgust my wife spoke to
our sieghbor, Mr.. A. G. Aegewald,
who Cox her a bottle at drug store in
Sixth avenue.
Almost against my will, and without
the least faith, i began takng it. In
one week l was better | began to
sleep. / stopped s:secing ghosts"
began to have an appetite and to gain
strength. This was now the first of
june. 1856. and by the end of that
month was bacI. at my benrh at c. P.
Smiths scroll saving factory in 10th
street, where / work now.
Since then l have never lost day
from sickness. Taking Ka- kline only,
about forty pellets in four qIal doses
a day, continued to gain. The ma
laria appeared to be killed ia my sys-
tenn, and now I've got back my old
weight-175 pounds-and my old
strength to labor am IL. astonish-
ment to myself and to my friends, and
if Kaskine did not do this / q. Mt know
what did. The only grea, thing it
could do would I've. to bring :; lead man
to life. FREDERICK A. NJ. l.gt;,
$50 East 1,,..,i, Street. New York.
P. S.-For the absolute ti-';;h of the
above statement / referto tie following
gesslemen, who are pers 'haily ac-
a,laisaed with the facts: Mr. Alex
;pder Weir, 626 156th ST.; Mr.. George